Grand Tour Furniture
GRAND TOUR STYLE
For 18th-century young British noblemen, no education was complete without a year on the Grand Tour. Although it had no official route, the Grand Tour focused on places foundational to European art, literature and architecture, including sites in France, Germany, Switzerland and, most importantly, Italy. It was an opportunity not just to witness the roots of the classics they had studied but also to take some of it home. Grand Tour furniture was among the souvenirs.
Grand Tour furniture ranged from marble architectural models replicating ancient wonders to actual antiquities often taken illicitly, leaving a legacy of looting still being unraveled today. Other items reflected the artistic richness of the Renaissance cities and other destinations. In Italy, this included scagliola tables and pedestals mimicking marble as well as tabletops and wall panels embedded with pietra dura hard stone mosaics.
Furniture was also developed to display Grand Tour purchases in the owner’s home, presenting them as a cultivated and well-traveled person. Mahogany collector’s cabinets held objects like intaglio moldings of coins and seals while others had specialized drawers that framed pietra dura panels.
Many objects were specifically produced for Grand Tour collectors. Often accompanied by retinues on journeys lasting months or years, the elite travelers, the wealthiest of whom extended their trips to Egypt and the Holy Land, required artful personal mementos befitting the experience. For example, Grand Tour micromosaics — small artworks, most not more than two inches wide — arose from the entrepreneurial impulses of artisans who had trained in the Vatican’s workshops.
Grand Tour journeys would help inform a range of decorative styles such as neoclassical, Rococo and Adam style. (Architect and designer Robert Adam toured Italy and France for five years.) The Grand Tour flourished at a time of economic prosperity and political stability, but the French Revolution in 1789 brought it to an end. Yet as the tradition faded in popularity in England, the rising wealth of the United States led to an increase in tourism across the Atlantic and a similar passion for collecting to show one’s worldliness.
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Style: Grand Tour
Italian White Terracotta Bust of the Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus, Octavian
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian White Terracotta bust of the Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus, Octavian
Italy, 1900s, Can be used indoors or outdoors.
A well execututed, large scale bust...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Large Signed 19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large 19th Century Grand Tour bronze sculpture of Narcissus after the original found in 1862 at Pompeii. Signed "Bucciano Napoli". When first found in Pompeii it was identified as Na...
Category
19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Manner Red Jasper Marble Obelisk
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour Manner Italian polished red jasper marble obelisk, apparently unsigned. 12.25" H x 2.75" W x 2.75" D.
Dealer: S138XX.
Category
Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Diminutive Grand Tour Bronze 'Balancing Faun' on Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Diminutive Grand Tour bronze 'Balancing Faun' on marble pedestal
Italy, The sculpture circa 1890, the marble pedestal later addition 20th C
A small well executed bronze sculpture...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Santa Maria Assunta Venice Italy Etching
Located in Seguin, TX
I Gesuiti by Frances St. Clair Miller etching on paper. The church of Santa Maria Assunta in Venice Italy. Signed, numbered 10/120 and titled in pencil in lower margin. Unframed, ima...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of Bernard De Montfaucon Paris 1719 L'antiquite Original Grand Tour Prints
By Bernard de Montfaucaon
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of original copper plate prints dating to 1719 by Bernard De Montfauucon of Paris.
Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, O.S.B. (French: [d? m?~fok?~]; 13 January 1655 – 21 December 1741) was a French Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, as well as being an editor of works of the Fathers of the Church. He is regarded as one of the founders of the modern discipline of archaeology
Montfaucon was born on 13 January 1655 in the Castle of Soulatgé, a small village in the southern town of Corbières, then in the ancient Province of Languedoc, now in the modern Department of Aude. Other sources claimed his birth date is in 16 January, the most accepted date. After one year he was moved to the Castle of Roquetaillade, residence of his family. When he was seven, he was sent to Limoux, to the college run by the Fathers of Christian Doctrine
Montfaucon served in the French army as a volunteer and participated in the Franco-Dutch War of 1673. He was a captain of grenadiers and made two campaigns under the command of Marshall Turenne, participated in the Battle of Herbsthausen and fell ill in Saverne in Alsace. Because of his infectious illness he made a vow to Our Lady of Marceille to give one hundred livres to her sanctuary in Limoux and to become a monk, if he was able to return to his country as a result of her intervention.
After the death of Montfaucon's father at the Château de Roquetaillade, in 1675 he entered the novitiate of the Benedictine monastery of Bream in Toulouse. There he learned several ancient languages: Greek, Hebrew, Chaldean, Syriac, and Coptic.
In 1687 Montfaucon was called to the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and he started to work on an edition of the works of the Greek Church...
Category
1710s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Boho Grand Tour Relief Pedestal
Located in west palm beach, FL
A really fabulous vintage case concrete table pedestal. A beautiful relief with a Grand Tour design. A parade of characters in various costume. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Concrete
Italian Grand Tour Style Signed Landscape
Located in Roma, IT
Important watercolor painting representing a beautiful view of Rome with the Tiber, Castel Sant'Angelo and the dome of St. Peter's in the background.
A typical work in the vein of t...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Bronze Statue of Narcissus
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Antique 20th century Italian bronze statue of Narcissus; the Greek God referred to as ‘the self-lover’. Cast in bronze, this Grand Tour styl...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Style Carved Marble Stone Ruins Sculpture, Early 20th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Italian grand tour style carved marble stone ruins sculpture
Additional information:
Materials: marble
Color: white
Art Subjects: Architecture
Period: Early 20th Century
Styl...
Category
Early 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Blue Indian Lapis Lazuli Lidded Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning blue lapis lidded box with hinge. The interior is wood. A lovely decorative piece for any table or desk, ready to hold everything from keys to love letters! ... or the candy...
Category
20th Century Indian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Bronze Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour, circa 19th Century
Located in London, GB
19th Century bronze bust Menelaus mythological king of Sparta. A fine casting with rich patina. In Greek mythology, Menelaus (Greek: Menelaos, from "vigor, rage, power" and "people," "wrath of the people") was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope. According to the Iliad...
Category
1880s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Spécimen Marble Surtout De Table
Located in Spencertown, NY
The table stand with orange/red marble border enclosing 25 different marble samples on a black slate base and four gilt bronze feet.
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Large Pair of 19th Century Italian Bronzes of Creugas and Demoxenos
Located in Dallas, TX
A large and fine pair of 19th century Italian male nudes depicting the Greek boxers Creugas and Damoxenos. These bronzes have a wonderful old patina...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century, Antique Sicilian Brass Knocker
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Antique Sicilian brass knocker from the end of the 19th century, ideal size for gates and large doors.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Brass
Neoclassical Bronze Covered Urns on Marble, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Neoclassical Grand Tour patinated bronze covered tazza urns cast with floral decoration to bowls on bases with Greek Key borders, the pierced lids with ivy motif and surmount...
Category
Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour Marble Bust Psyche Of Capua
Located in Newark, England
Fine marble bust on pedestal after the antique. The bust sculpted as the goddess Psyche Of Capua presented as a nude female with a draped partial robe ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair 19th Century Painted Pine Corinthian Column Pedestals
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Pair 19th century painted pine Corinthian column pedestals in the classical Italian style with scrolling acanthus leaves and fluted detailing. The pair are finished in an off-white p...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Pine
Collection of Granite Samples, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The folio made of strong card stock opens to reveal 12 samples with each specimen described in French. Measures: Each Specimen 2 1/2” x 1 1/2”. Case closed. 5”x9” 1/2”.
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Granite
Pair of Grand Tour Greek Revival Bronze Urns on Marble Bases
Located in Essex, MA
Each vase with scrolled handles resting on "griotte rouge" marble bases.
Category
1870s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Italian Neoclassical Bronze Floor Lamp with Paw Feet
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully cast Italian neoclassical style bronze floor lamp modeled after an original excavated at Pompeii or Herculaneum. With acanthus leaf decoration above and below the reeded ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rialto Bridge Venice Italy Etching
Located in Seguin, TX
Rialto Bridge, Venice Italy by Frances St. Clair Miller etching on paper. Signed, numbered 24/100 and titled in pencil in lower margin. Unframed, image s...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique 1880's Frith Photographs London England - Set of 4
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1880's Frances Frith (1822-1898) set of 4 London England photographs. From a Grand Tour album of photographs published by Frith. Double sided albumen photos. Queen Victoria,...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Set of Four Grand Tour Etchings Italian Architectural Views Remondini circa 1770
Located in Milan, IT
A late-18th century Italian hand-colored copper engravings, original Italian etchings by Remondini, from Bassano dating back to 1770 circa.
The set of four etchings...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Gilt Grand Tour Plaster Intaglio with Bust of a Woman, 19th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A 19th-century Intaglio Tassie - A seal with the bust of a woman holding an olive branch. Thick gilt paper wrapped around the edge mimicking a frame. There are a few tiny faults in t...
Category
19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Blue White Porcelain Delf Style Italian Fisherman Wall Art Charger Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage blue white Porcelain Delf style Italian fisherman wall art charger plate. Item features central fisherman design, scalloped edge, holes for wall ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique 1880's Frith Photographs Napoleon
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1880's Frances Frith (1822-1898) pair of Paris France photographs. From a Grand Tour album of photographs published by Frith. Double sided albumen photos. Photo of painting of Napoleon...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of Italian Grand Tour Mahogany Wood & Bronze Roman Ruins Neoclassical Model
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic and rare pair of Italian Grand Tour mahogany wood and bronze roman ruins neoclassical models, circa late 19th century.
These are very rare and exceptionally made piece...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Mercury Bust with Column, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Grand Tour Marriage in alabaster with bust of Mercury (inscribed Mercurio) mounted on a twisted column with foliate capital and square base.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Wine Vessel Askos with Panther Handle
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian Grand Tour panther handled askos, or wine vessel. The design of this piece is probably based on a bronze Roman askos held within Naples Museum. An askos is an a...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Marble Nude Torso Sculpture Life Size
Located in New York, NY
19th century grand tour marble nude torso sculpture
An antique marble torso sculpture, depicting the torso of a Dancing Faun. This remnant of a...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique Lover's Folio, Italian Walnut, Decorative, Grand Tour, Sleeve, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lover's folio. An Italian, walnut and fruitwood decorative Grand Tour sleeve, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Deli...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Grand Tour Bronze Censer with Birds
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine antique Italian attributed grand tour bronze lidded censer applied with birds dating from around 1860. The censer stands raised on a square ba...
Category
1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare Austin Production Sculpture Claw Foot Bowl/Jardiniere
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
RARE AUSTIN PRODUCTION SCULPTURE
CLAW BOWL / JARDINIERE
Impressed mark
Rafael S.
Austin Sculpture, 1997.
Shaped as a roman Krater raised on four claw footed base,
plaster body with moulded laurel leaf band...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Large Labradorite Specimen
Located in New York, NY
Large polished labradorite specimen. Labradorite displays an iridescent optical effect (or schiller) known as labradorescence. Labradorite is also...
Category
2010s Australian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Stone
Neoclassical Style Bronze Candlesticks with Lion Heads, a Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A pair of Grand Tour Neoclassical style bronze candlesticks with lion heads and swags. The candle cups are removable.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Patinated Bronze Group Sculpture of Laocoon and His Sons, C. 1870
Located in New York, NY
An Italian grand tour patinated bronze group sculpture of Laocoon and his sons, After the antique by Agesander of Rhodes, C. 1870
Very nice qua...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Grand Tour Plaster Intaglio with Bust of a Man, 19th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This is a 19th-century Intaglio Tassie - A seal with the bust of a man on it. Thick gilt paper wrapped around the edge mimicking a frame. There are a few tiny faults in the mold but ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Sculpture of a Plaster Torso
Located in Bagshot, GB
A plaster copy of a muscular male torso.
This a great decorative piece for your home or interior project, or for someone who is looking to start a collection.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Very Rare Italian Grand Tour Marble Sculpture of the Eros Di Centocelle
Located in London, GB
A remarkable grand tour marble sculpture of the
eros di Centocelle
The god of love carved from a block of statuary marble, raised on a ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Seneca
Located in Essex, MA
Modeled after the original found at Pompeii.
Category
1880s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Cicero After Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare grand Tour Patinated bronze bust of Cicero After Massimiliano Soldani Benzi. The original is in the collection of Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna. P...
Category
1850s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour 19th Century Bronze Putti Figures on Marble Bases, C 1860
Located in Central England, GB
This small pair of fine Italian Grand Tour bronze figures are of classical putti naked apart from a belt of vine leaves and grapes around their lower torso...
Category
1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Spinario the Thorn Picker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A grand tour bronze sculpture of Spinario.
Measures: Height: circa 8 1/4 in.
Items purchased from David Sterner Antiques must delight you....
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Framed Set of Eleven Micromosaic Plaques of Italian Monuments
Located in London, GB
A framed set of eleven micromosaic plaques of Italian monuments
Italian, 19th century
Measures: Height 22cm, width 21.5cm, depth 2.5cm
Made du...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Vintage Grand Tour Plaster Bust of Man - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous pair of vintage plaster busts. A handsome man with an even more handsome beard. Done in the grand tour style. Painted a bright white. A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster, Paint
Grand Tour Marble Columns, a Pair
Located in Dallas, TX
Provenance David J. Bikoff collection, Italy circa 1870 Made with different marbles.
Category
1870s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Selection of Specimen Marble and Stone Spheres
Located in London, London
Specimen marble spheres
Different stones
Sizes are 15cm, 13cm, 10cm and 8cm diameter
Age unknown
Category
20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Tablet Depicting Italian Architecture
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine mid-19th century serpentine grand tour micro mosaic tablet or paperweight of the iconic St Peter's Vatican, The Colosseum of Rome, The Pantheon, The Ruins of The Roman Forum a...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Bust in the Grand Tour Style of Greek God Dionysus
Located in Memphis, TN
An Exceptional Large grand Tour Style Hellenistic Bust Of Greek God Dionysus. Highly detailed classical bust made of cast marble aka “marble dust.” Replica of Greek classical sculpt...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Plaster Bust of Aphrodite Venus
Located in Bagshot, GB
A plaster bust of the goddess Aphrodite Venus.
A great decorative addition to your interior.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
'Seated Hermes', a 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze
Located in Chicago, IL
An extraordinary and wonderfully rendered 19th century Italian cast bronze depicting a seated Hermes, the Greek god of messengers, travelers, and merchan...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Grand Tour Iron Model of the Arc de Triomphe
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century French grand tour iron model of the Arc de Triomphe, in two parts, the fine cast iron model of the Arc de Triomphe with a mirrored top. Raised on a oval ebonized wood and metal chain link fenced base
Model of Arc de Triomphe...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron Bronze Sculpture, Francois Rude
By Francois Rude
Located in New York, NY
Large, exceptional quality bronze sculpture depicting The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron, after the model by Francois Rude.
Ear...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 1820s Italian Touring Sterling Silver Candelabras
Located in North Miami, FL
Exquisite Pair of 1820s Italian Touring (Grand Tour) Sterling Silver Candelabras
Crafted by skilled artisans, these magnificent candelabras hailing from 1820s Italy are a testament ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Grand Tour Mahogany Brass Inlaid Desk Set Inkstand English Regency 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and Rare Example of an English Grand Tour Regency period brass inlaid Mahogany Inkstand of rectangular outline and generous proportions. First quarter of the Nineteenth Cent...
Category
19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Grand Tour Style Patinated Bronze Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
An Italian Grand Tour style patinated metal vessel now mounted as an ancient looking lamp. Paw feet supporting three columns with lion head tops with rings in their mouths. The cente...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Plaster Bust of Hercules
Located in Bagshot, GB
A large plaster Head of Hercules connected to a rectangular base.
This is a nice start for a person looking to build a collection or looking for decorative items for there home / ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Grand Tour furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Grand Tour furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Grand Tour furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Bertrando Di Renzo, Giustiniani, F. Barbedienne Foundry, and Ferdinand Barbedienne. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $45 and tops out at $365,566 while the average work can sell for $2,501.
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